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Volunteer Group Cooks Thanksgiving Feast For 16 Shelter Animals & 30 Feral Cats

Everyone loves a good meal on Thanksgiving, and the dogs and cats at one rescue shelter in Springfield, GA, are no exception. In fact, these furry darlings may appreciate that meal more than we will ever know. Because when you’re searching for your forever home or living in the wild, such a fine meal from kind-hearted animal lovers can be few and far between.

And with that thought in mind, the Guardians of Effingham Animal Rescue got busy in the kitchen whipping up a delicious spread for the rescue animals at the Effingham County Animal Shelter as well as a local feral colony with a colossal clowder of cats.

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A Feast for The Furry

The Guardians of Effingham Animal Rescue are celebrating a win this week, with their Thanksgiving Meal for Shelter Pets initiative coming off as “an absolute success,” according to the group’s Facebook page.

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Texas rescue group turns to Pacific Northwest to preserve animals amid shelter overcrowding

Soon after a lull for the duration of the pandemic, animal shelters throughout the region are turning into overcrowded, forcing some rescue groups to consider outside the box.

SEATTLE — It may possibly be a single of the more unfortunate indications that things are acquiring back to usual immediately after the pandemic, animal shelters throughout the place are filling up. In some places, that usually means hundreds of animals could be put down.

Some rescue groups are using determined techniques and bringing animals to the Pacific Northwest in the hopes of finding family members. It’s something they did ahead of the pandemic but they claimed there was a lull in action during COVID-19.

Saturday, the group Job Outbound teamed with a regional radio station to host an adoption function at the Carpet Liquidators in south Seattle. Immediately after a couple days in the vehicle and a couple thousand miles of

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Houston-spot rescue group, vet clinic crew up to aid doggy in need of surgical procedure

HOUSTON – A Houston-region rescue team is devoted to aiding canine in will need, specially golden retrievers.

On Thursday early morning, Angel, an 8-thirty day period older golden retriever puppy dog was receiving all set for a potentially lifestyle-altering procedure. The pup has a medical problem involving her bladder that Dr. Daniel Jardes with Gulf Coastline Veterinary Specialists in Houston explained can guide to a bacterial an infection if untreated.

“She leaks urine all the time mainly because the tube that normally takes urine down to her kidneys and her bladder go correct to her urethra,” reported the veterinarian.

Dr. Jardes prepared to execute surgical procedures on Angel, making use of a digital camera to see what is heading on with her urethra.

“Then, we’ll use a laser in get to open up that urethra again to its usual locale allowing her to dump urine into her bladder.”

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Pet Rescue Group Advertises ‘Pre-Owned Senior Dogs’ In Hilarious Post

An animal rescue group is applying some new methods to find households for old canine.

“Senior Canine Blowout Sale!” reads a Facebook write-up from Classic Pet Rescue, a nonprofit primarily based in Foster, Rhode Island.

“Are you in the market for a new best friend?” the publish carries on in a riff on the utilised car or truck salesman trope.

“Everyone desires a new puppy but have you imagined about a pre-owned senior pet? You haven’t? Perfectly, what can we do to get you matched up with a certified used canine right now?”

The rescue is charmingly sincere about the adoptable dogs featured. That incorporates Jake From Point out Farm, who “only has one speed ― pretty slow” Dillon, who “needs recurrent washes” and Fluffy, who “only tends to make right turns” and “may have a few mechanical difficulties.”

Fluffy "only makes right turns" and "may have a few mechanical issues."



Fluffy “only can make correct turns” and

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U.S. ban on imported pets may block rescue group from reuniting soldiers with dogs

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Outside the McDonald’s in West Memphis, Arkansas, a dog named Julie is entering the next leg of her long journey from Afghanistan with Pen Farthing.

“Julie dog was actually rescued by a soldier seven years ago,” Farthing said.

The former British Royal Marine runs an animal rescue group out of Afghanistan called Nowzad. It’s named after the dog that he rescued from a fight in 2006 while on patrol. The two became best friends.

“I didn’t realize that dog would actually bond with me while I was serving in Afghanistan,” Farthing said. “He was just that. An escape. I thought I was the only soldier doing that. What I didn’t realize there were so many others from America, Canada and across Europe.”

But a new ban on importing pets by the Centers for Disease Control could keep soldiers from being reunited with the dogs they bonded

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